10 things you didn’t know about Obama

Sure, most of us know what President Obama’s policies and plans are on jobs and economy, health care and education. But there are quite a few facts that you might not know about the president. Take a look at 10 things you may or may not know about President Obama.
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1. His name means “blessed”

Obama was born on Aug. 4, 1961, in Honolulu. His first name, Barack, means “blessed” in Swahili and was also his Kenyan father’s name.

Obama was the first African-American president of the Harvard Law Review in its 104-year history.

Pictured: Obama posed in the office of The Harvard Law Review in 1990.
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3. Won two Grammy Awards

President Obama won the spoken word Grammy for the audio book version of his blockbuster tome “The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream” in 2008. Obama beat out two former presidents, Bill Clinton and Jimmy Carter, to claim the trophy. But it’s not his only Grammy, in 2006 he won the same award for “Dreams From My Father,” an audiobook for a memoir first published in 1995.
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4. He lived in Somerville

Obama had the basement of 365 Broadway in Somerville, which the future president rented for $900 a month while attending Harvard Law School from 1988 to 1991. “He was a model tenant,” said John K. Holmes of Arlington, his landlord. “I can remember when he told me he was leaving, I can remember being disappointed.”
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